God's will is the same under the New Testament that it was under the Old; it is not as to the people a matter of liberty, so as men may choose whether they will maintain their ministers or not, there is an ordinance of God in the case: it is the will of God, that those who are taken off from worldly employments, and spend their time in the study and preaching of the gospel, should have a livelihood from their labour.
Verse 1 Corinthians 9:14. _EVEN SO HATH THE LORD ORDAINED_] This is evidently a reference to our Lord's ordination, Matthew 10:10: _The workman is worthy of his meat_. And Luke 10:7: For the labourer...
EVEN SO - In the same manner, and for the same reasons. HATH THE LORD ORDAINED - Hath the Lord appointed, commanded, “arranged” that it should be so (διέταξε dietaxe). The word here means that he has...
6. PAUL'S GRACIOUS EXAMPLE. CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The Apostle's rights. (1 Corinthians 9:1)._ 2. He waives his rights for the Gospel's sake. (1 Corinthians 9:15). 3. The race-course and the crown. ...
1 CORINTHIANS 9. This chapter is not a digression, and is not primarily concerned with a vindication of Paul's apostolic status and rights. He enforces his plea that the enlightened should not ride ro...
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? Even if I am not an apostle to others, I certainly am to you; you are the seal of my apostleship in...
THE UNCLAIMED PRIVILEGES (1 Corinthians 9:1-14)...
EVEN SO, &C. = So did the Lord also ordain. ORDAINED. Greek. _diatasso._ See Acts 7:44. PREACH. App-121....
_Even so hath the Lord ordained_ In St Matthew 10:10, and St Luke 10:7....
Ὁ ΚΎΡΙΟΣ ΔΙΈΤΑΞΕΝ. In Matthew 10:10, and Luke 10:7. Cf. ch. 1 Corinthians 7:10; 1 Corinthians 7:12;...
1 Corinthians 9:1-14. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE OF HIS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY This chapter is devoted to a defence of the Apostolic authority of St Paul, but there is an under-current of thought connecting it wi...
_PAUL RESTRICTED HIS RIGHTS 1 CORINTHIANS 9:7-14:_ By way of comparison Paul said he had a right to support from the church. He also said he had a right to be married and to have his wife travel about...
ΟΎΤΩΣ ΚΑΊ (G3779; G2532) также, ΔΙΈΤΑΞΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΔΙΑΤΆΣΣΩ (G1299) давать приказ, повелевать. _Aor._ указывает, что Павел сознательно говорит об истоках данного повеления в учении Иисуса ...
SHOULD LIVE OF THE GOSPEL— _That man might be_ said to _live on the Gospel,_ who was maintained for preaching it; as he might be said to live on the _temple,_ who was supported out of its income for m...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Text_ 1 Corinthians 9:12-18. Nevertheless we did not use this right; but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ. 13 Know ye not that they tha...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Recitation of Rights (1 Corinthians 9:1-14) 9 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord? 2If to others I...
Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. EVEN SO. The only inference from this passage is, not that the Christian ministry is sacrificial, as the...
1 The Corinthians questioned the apostleship of Paul. The phrase, "the twelve apostles" has been used to throw doubt on his commission, for if there were but twelve apostles, Paul could not have been...
_(b) Food offered to Idols (ii) St. Paul's own Example_ St. Paul has appealed to the 'enlightened' converts at Corinth to give up for the sake of others a practice which they might otherwise have had...
HATH THE LORD ORDAINED] Matthew 10:10; Luke 10:7. 15-23. His own reason for not exercising this right. PARAPHRASE. '(15) But I am resolved to maintain my independence. (16-18) It is the one thing I c...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 9 THE RIGHTS OF AN *APOSTLE 9:1-27 PAUL IS A REAL *APOSTLE 9:1-2 V1 You know that I am free. You know that I am an *apostle. I have seen...
EVEN SO. — These words explain why the Apostle again referred to Jewish law, after having in 1 Corinthians 9:9 already made use of an appeal to the Law as an argument. It is now again referred to only...
CHAPTER 13 MAINTENANCE OF THE MINISTRY IN the preceding chapter Paul has disposed of the question put to him regarding meats offered in sacrifice to idols. He has taken occasion to point out that in...
1 Corinthians 9:7-15 _a_. § 28. THE CLAIM OF MINISTERS TO PUBLIC MAINTENANCE. Paul asserts his right to live at the charge of the Christian community, in order to show the Cor [1295] how he has waived...
After the personal “aside” of 1 Corinthians 9:11 f., Paul returns to his main proof, deriving a further reason for the disputed ἐξουσία from the Temple service. “Do you not know” you men of knowledge...
RIGHTS AND THEIR SURRENDER 1 Corinthians 9:1 Paul's claim to an equality with Peter and the other Apostles was violently disputed by his enemies at Corinth, because in several matters he differed fro...
The words, "my defence to them that examine me is this," reveal the opposition to him in Corinth. The two words, "defence" and "examine," are purely legal, and are in the language of the courts of jus...
Physical Rewards for Spiritual Service Spiritual blessings are beyond value, so paying the laborer who brought such was a good exchange. Other cases of spiritual debt being repaid with material goods...
Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live (n) of the gospel. (n) Because they preach the Gospel. It follows by this place, that Paul received no living, neither wou...
“Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.” Rückert does not think that we have here a new argument; he regards it as only the application to the Chri...
3. THE EXAMPLE OF ABNEGATION GIVEN BY PAUL. 9:1-22. IT is easy, from what we have just said, to understand the link which connects the following passage with the question treated by the apostle. It is...
(7) Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? (8) Say I these thin...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
_THE SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY_ ‘Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel.’ 1 Corinthians 9:14 St. Paul’s apostleship had here been called in questio...
The apostle was exposed to the accusations of false teachers, who asserted that he carried on his evangelisation and his labours from interested motives, and that he took the property of Christians, a...
EVEN SO HATH THE LORD ORDAINED,.... That is, the Lord Jesus Christ, in Matthew 10:10 it is an order and appointment of his that his ministering servants, who labour in preaching his Gospel, should be...
Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. Ver. 14. _Even so hath the Lord_] Note that "so," saith one; "that is, as they of old lived at the altar by...
_Do ye not know_, &c. In further support of the justice of the claim in question, I might remind you of the provision which God made for the priests and Levites under the Mosaic law; _that they which...
ORDAINED; appointed; required. LIVE OF THE GOSPEL; be supported. The support of ministers of Christ who devote their lives to the preaching of the gospel is not a charitable donation, but a debt just...
EVEN SO HATH THE LORD ORDAINED THAT THEY WHICH PREACH THE GOSPEL SHOULD LIVE OF THE GOSPEL....
The duty of hearers:...
Because of the lowliness and grace on the part of the apostle, such as chapter 8 shows in the consideration of his brethren, there were some who would use this as an occasion to belittle him. He made...
EVEN SO DID THE LORD ORDAIN THAT THEY THAT PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL SHOULD LIVE OF THE GOSPEL. 'Even so' -'On the same principle' (Phi); 'In the same way' (RSV) 'Just as God gave orders about the priests...
1-14 It is not new for a minister to meet with unkind returns for good-will to a people, and diligent and successful services among them. To the cavils of some, the apostle answers, so as to set fort...
Even so did the Lord ordain that they that proclaim the gospel should live of the gospel. [Matthew 10:10; Luke 10:7. This precept was all which Paul needed to urge. He no doubt elaborated this argumen...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II I gain the man by a little self-restraint. "Have we not power to eat and to drink? "[29]...
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'Do you not know that those who minister about sacred things eat of the things of the temple, and they who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar? Even so did the Lord ordain that those w...
PAUL NOW POINTS OUT THAT HE REFUSES TO USE HIS FREEDOM IN ANY WAY THAT WOULD CAUSE YOUNG CHRISTIANS TO BE LED ASTRAY. HIS NEXT EXAMPLE REFERS TO HIS NOT RECEIVING GIFTS FOR HIS MINISTRY AMONG THEM WHI...
1 Corinthians 9:14. EVEN SO DID THE LORD ORDAIN in His instructions to the Twelve (Matthew 10:10) and to the Seventy (Luke 10:7), “The workman is worthy of his meat” that they which proclaim the gospe...
It was impossible for Christians in almost any Greek or Roman colony, and least of all at Corinth, to avoid coming frequently in contact with idolatrous practices in various and ensnaring forms. In wr...
EVEN SO DID THE LORD ORDAIN (ουτως κα ο Κυριος διεταξεν). Just as God gave orders about the priests in the temple, so did the Lord Jesus give orders for those who preach the gospel to live out of th...
CONTENTS: Paul vindicates his apostleship. The method and reward of true ministry and the support of the ministry. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Cephas, Barnabas, Moses. CONCLUSION: It is no new thing for...
1 Corinthians 9:1. _Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord?_ Having illustrated the legal customs of the jews respecting meats, he introduc...
IN THE SAME WAY. It is the Lord himself who has ordered that those who preach should be supported by the group (church). Compare Matthew 10:10; Luke 10:7; Galatians 6:6....
_Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges?_ THE BAFFLE OF LIFE We have here-- I. An inspiriting metaphor. When life is represented as a warfare, some peaceful minds may feel a little alarmed,...
_Am I not an apostle?_ Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? SIGNS OF APOSTLESHIP Why should Paul, departing from his usual custom, speak here of himself and his claims? Undoubtedly...
CHAPTER 9 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He proceeds to show by his own example how offences are to be avoided, and he says that he had refused to accept payment, or the maintenance due to a preacher of...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 9:1.—Notice the reversed order of clauses in the better-attested reading. FREE.—_I.c. quâ_ man; he is always Christ’s “bondservant”; it is of his own choice that he subm...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1 The rights and the self denial of an apostle. 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1 An apostle's right to maintenance....
Shall we turn in our Bibles to I Corinthians, chapter 9. I could do a lot of things I don't do. The reason why I don't do them is I do not want to be an offense unto a weaker brethren and destroy his...
1 Corinthians 9:4; 1 Timothy 5:17; Galatians 6:6; Luke 10:7; Matt
Matthew 10:10...